4. Rules
6 questions clockwise
+20/-15 on pounce
+10 on direct. No negatives
5. Q1
This famous song was used during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, where uncooperative prisoners
were exposed to this song for extended periods by American interrogators to break their silence.
The song's driving, building intro has made it popular as entrance music in sports. It has been
used by the Louisville Cardinals athletic teams, the Nashville Predators hockey team, MLBer Billy
Wagner, the Virginia Tech Hokies football team, ECW pro wrestler The Sandman, and
former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar in the UFC
8. Q2
X is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of
the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he
founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television.
As a philanthropist, he is known for his US$1 billion gift to support the United Nations, which
created the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden domestic support for the UN.
He was named the Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1991.
11. Q3
In the summer of 1989, few friends of a representative for Labatt’s beer decided to go to the
stadium to cheer for BC Lions during their match against Toronto Argonauhts. During the game,
a cameraman was roaming around the arena looking for a bright face to put up on the big
screen for all to see. He found a young lady from that group and put her smiling face up on the
screen, and as the saying goes, the rest is history. Who was discovered by that stroke of luck? (pic
on next slide)
15. Q4
Meenakshi - the senior most and a feminist to the core.
Radhika - the intelligent one who uses a hearing aid.
Sweety - the ‘beauty without brains’, whose sole purpose in life is to get married to Shah Rukh
Khan.
Kajal - the next in line who wishes she was born a boy.
Chhoti - the youngest one who is hailed as an incarnation of actress Meena Kumari and has a
temple dedicated to herself.
How these crazy gang is better known to us?
21. Q6
A Doctor by Qualification, X decided make his career in music. While in college, he started his
band named Y. After finishing college, X met DJ Bhaduri, and their friendship took off instantly.
The duo has been working together ever since, and X regards DJ as the backbone of Y. Y's first
release was a major commercial hit and received rave reviews from the critics worldwide. Y went
on to become one of the biggest Indian band, with five successful studio albums, one
compilation and 17 music videos.
53. +45/-30
X National Park is in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. It’s famed for its giant, ancient sequoia
trees, and for Tunnel View, the iconic vista of towering Bridalveil Fall and the granite cliffs of El
Capitan and Half Dome. In X Village are shops, restaurants, lodging, the X Museum and the
Ansel Adams Gallery, with prints of the photographer’s renowned black-and-white landscapes of
the area.
X gives its name to a famous software.
55. +20/-10
In 2011, X joined Mike Tyson as an inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The
honour raised the ire of some boxing enthusiasts who complained that X — who’s only taken
punches onscreen — doesn’t belong among a hall of real prize-fighters.
X did take real punch from Dolph Lundgren during filming of a movie. He also ended up with a
broken neck from Steve Austin while filming a movie.